A New Wonderful Google Forms Cheat Sheet for Teachers

December 4, 2014

Google Forms is one of the powerful tools you want to make sure you have in your teaching toolkit.There are different ways you can use it with your students in class. You can, for instance, use it to create quizzes, polls, questionnaires, and surveys. You can also use it to design permission forms, absence slips, classroom events forms…you name it. The great thing about Google Forms, besides being free and easy to use, is the fact that it is integrated with Google Drive which means that any form you create is automatically saved in your Drive and you can access it anywhere you go with Internet connection.

In today's post, I am sharing with you this wonderful Google Forms cheat sheet created by Shake Up Learning. This document is particularly useful for beginner users. It provides a lot of tips on how to do a wide variety of task on Forms including how to create a form, change and customize the theme of your forms, add collaborators, and many more.This cheat sheet is also available for free download in PDF format from this link. Enjoy

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A Powerful Google Forms Tool for Teachers

November 7, 2014
Today, I am sharing with you a great Add-on to use on Google Forms. This is called FormLimiter and once installed will enable you to automatically limit the number of responses for a form you created. It basically sets "Google Forms to stop accepting responses after a maximum number of responses, at a specific date and time, or when a spreadsheet cell contains a specified value."
FormLimiter is especially useful for creating time-bound assignments, event registrations with limited seats, quizzes and many more.

Here are some screenshots provided by the developer to illustrate what you can do with FormLimiter:

1- Maximum number of responses 
 Form evaluates on each new submission and shuts off once a limit has been reached.

2- - Specific date and time 
Timer will shut off form on that date, down to the minute.

3- Spreadsheet cell value equals 
 specify a spreadsheet cell (e.g. "Sheet1!A2" in the form destination sheet that must equal a particular value, and the form will evaluate on each new form submission.

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3 Apps Teachers Should Definitely Use on Google Forms

October 24, 2014
The big event in the EdTech world today is the release of add-ons for Google Forms. A feature which will enable Form creators to add more functionalities to their forms. I have spent sometime this evening browsing through the add-ons store and tinkering with some of the apps there and I found the 3 add-ons below to be the most useful for teachers and educators. Keep in mind the add-ons for Forms is still a new feature and as such there are only few apps store right now but more will be launched in the coming weeks. We will  keep you posted of new releases. Stay tuned.

1- formLimiter

formLimiter automatically sets Google Forms to stop accepting responses after a maximum number of responses, at a specific date and time, or when a spreadsheet cell contains a specified value. Great for time-bound assignments, event registrations with limited seats, or other first-come, first-served signup scenarios.

2- Form Publisher

Create a Form and a template Doc. Form submission fields must match variables in the template. Then configure Form Publisher. Each time the Form is submitted, Form Publisher creates a Doc, built from your template, and replaces the template variables with Form responses. Each Doc that is output is owned by the creator of the Form, and can be shared. Output Docs can be stored in any folder.You can automate your HR processes, generate invoices and orders, and more.

3- g(Math) for Forms

This is an invaluable tool for any math class or math teacher. Now, creating math items for your Form is possible!g(Math) allows you to create graphs and complex math directly in the sidebar and insert them as Form items.  With the graph creator, you can type in functions and create the graph associated with that function. You can also plot points in the same graph, find the line of best fit of those points, and specify a viewing window.

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A New Google Forms Service Teachers Should know About

October 23, 2014
Over the last couple of months, Google has been releasing a series of interesting updates to Google Forms. After allowing users to create and use their own  personalized themes in Forms, today Google introduced add-ons for Forms. Just like add-ons for Docs and Sheets, Forms users will also be able to make use of third party add-ons to enhance the look and performance of their forms.

Add-ons, for those of you not yet familiar with them, are  applications designed by third party developers not affiliated with Google. Anyone with the necessary know-how can draw on Google's Documentation to design  add-ons and publish them on add-on store. The importance of add-ons is that they add extra functions and services to your Docs, Sheets and now Forms. In other words, using add-ons will enable you to do more with your docs, sheets and forms than you would normally do without them. For instance, using the FormLimiter add-on in your Forms will let your survey close automatically after a maximum number of responses is reached or at a date and time of your choosing.

To access add-ons, open your Google Form, click on "add-ons" and select "get add-ons":

As of right now, the Forms add-on store counts only a few apps but more add-ons will be launched in the coming weeks as developers work their way through them.

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Important Tips On Using Google Forms to Grade Students

October 10, 2014
Here is an excellent video tutorial from Google Guru featuring some important tips to help teachers use Google Forms for grading rubrics. This tutorial will walk you through the process of creating a simple multi-purpose form for your classroom which you can use for any kind of assignment you give to your students. You will also get to learn how to add grids to your form, evaluate students work and collect responses in a spreadsheet.  Watch the video to learn more.

For those of you who are not in the picture yet, Google Forms released three interesting updates a few days ago. The one that I like the most and which I am sure many of you are looking forward to is limiting form responses to one person. Using this new feature, you , the creator of the form, will be able to get one answer per person by simply turning on the "only allow one response per user" feature in your settings. Similarly, you can also limit people to one response per column for grid-style questions using the new option under"advanced settings". Check out this page to learn more about Google Forms recent updates.

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Three Important Updates to Google Forms Teachers Should Be Aware of

September 29, 2014
Google Forms has released a few useful updates today. The one that I like the most and which I am sure many of you are looking forward to is limiting form responses to one person. Using this new feature, you , the creator of the form, will be able to get one answer per person by simply turning on the "only allow one response per user" feature in your settings. Similarly, you can also limit people to one response per column for grid-style questions using the new option under"advanced settings".

Another important feature added to Google Forms is the " shuffle question order". Using this new feature will enable you to randomize the order of questions on quizzes or surveys.

Other features that were added to Google Forms today include:

Shortened ULRs
Now Google Forms provides you with a shortened URL to share your form with others. When you click on the "send form" button, you will see a checkbox for creating a tidy URL to share.

Search the Menu
Using the help menu will enable you to search for anything in your forms. To find a feature simply press ALT+/ or look under the Help menu.

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A Wonderful Google Form Guide for Teachers

September 8, 2014
Google Forms is one of the powerful tools you want to make sure you have in your teaching toolkit.There are different ways you can use it with your students in class. You can, for instance, use it to create quizzes, polls, questionnaires, and surveys. You can also use it to design permission forms, absence slips, classroom events forms…you name it. The great thing about Google Forms, besides being free and easy to use, is the fact that it is integrated with Google Drive which means that any form you create is automatically saved in your Drive and you can access it anywhere you go with Internet connection.

I have already created a couple of visual guides on how to create a Google Form but when I came across this excellent video tutorial I just couldn't let go of it without sharing with it you here. This is probably one of the best tutorials you will find out there on Google Form. Though it is a little bit long (13 minutes) but it is really  entertainingly' insightful. I love Dottotech's style of presenting and I am sure you will as well.

In this video tutorial, Dottotech will walk you through the different steps to create a form for your class. To this end, he created a sample sign-out form for you to see how you can design the lay-out of the form and select the questions to embed in it. Then once the form is ready , you will learn the different options to share it and see how to collect responses from the form. Enjoy

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Google Forms Released Two New Interesting Features

September 3, 2014
Google Forms is one of the powerful tools for creating surveys, polls, questionnaires and quizzes. Over the years, many updates have been added to Google Forms that enhanced its performance and made it ideal for classroom inclusion. The last update I covered in a previous post was about how to add  images and videos to your forms. Two days ago, Google released another new update that allows users to customize the background of their forms  and add new themes and headers to them. You  can also now upload your own images and use them as the background of a form you create through Google Forms. Here is how to do it:

1- To add a custom theme, just create a new form and click the “Change theme” button in the toolbar.

2- Select the theme you want and click on " customize it"

3- Now click on "form background" and/or "page background" to customize the form and page of your form respectively.

Watch this video to learn more about how to customize Google Forms

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New- You Can Now Add Pictures and Customize The Background of Google Forms

September 3, 2014
Google Forms is one of the powerful tools for creating surveys, polls, questionnaires and quizzes. Over the years, many updates have been added to Google Forms that enhanced its performance and made it ideal for classroom inclusion. The last update I covered in a previous post was about how to add  images and videos to your forms. Two days ago, Google released another new update that allows users to customize the background of their forms  and add new themes and headers to them. You  can also now upload your own images and use them as the background of a form you create through Google Forms. Here is how to do it:

1- To add a custom theme, just create a new form and click the “Change theme” button in the toolbar.

2- Select the theme you want and click on " customize it"

3- Now click on "form background" and/or "page background" to customize the form and page of your form respectively.

Watch this video to learn more about how to customize Google Forms

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